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SASKATCHEWAN COMMON
GROUND ALLIANCE’S
SAFETY CHECKLIST
White Lining the Dig Site
White lining – or pre-marking – is an
industry best practice that involves
using white paint, marking stakes or
flags to outline a proposed excavation
area. This allows the excavator to
accurately communicate to the
locator where the digging area is.
Adhering to the Excavation
Tolerance Zone
Excavators are to observe a tolerance zone
when working around/near underground
facilities that extend one metre on either
side of the marked facility and one metre
above and below. Using caution when
working around utilities significantly
contributes to safe excavation of facilities.
Daylighting Utility Lines
When excavating needs to take place
within the tolerance zone, the excavator
is expected to take reasonable measures
to protect any underground facility in the
area. Safe, non-invasive methods that
manually expose a facility – “daylighting”
– are considered safe excavation practices.
Methods to consider vary based on
climate and ground conditions, and
include hand-digging where practical,
vacuum excavation and pneumatic
hand tools. The most common method
in Saskatchewan is the hydro-vac.
Look Up and Live
Utility infrastructure is increasingly being
run underground. However, in many areas
there are still existing overhead power
lines. Plan your work in advance, make note
of any overhead lines on the site. Lower
heavy equipment as needed, and be sure
to have a spotter on the ground to prevent
accidental contact with overhead lines.
Wearing Proper Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE)
When excavating it is important that all
persons on site wear appropriate PPE at all
times. This includes: hard hat, safety glasses,
safety gloves and steel-toed boots. Orange
safety vests should also be worn when
working around heavy equipment. When
working near live electric and natural gas
lines, it is recommended that workers wear
Nomex or other fire-retardant clothing.
Emergency Response
When working around underground
facilities, it is important that your work
plan includes what to do in the event of
a line hit. If contact is made with buried
infrastructure, immediately clear the
area and call the facility owner or 911;
do no attempt to make temporary repairs
or recover the line. First responders and
trained technicians will be sent to the sight
to safely shut off the gas, make repairs, etc.
SAFE DIGGING
safe digging practices. The patrollers also make time for office visits and are available for
safety meetings at no cost. I’d like to thank all of you for the positive feedback our patrollers
are reporting from the thousands of visits they have made since the program started in 2014.
Dangerous line contacts – both buried and overhead – occur around the province each
year. We believe even one line hit is too many, as the consequences are life threatening. These
incidents occur because a step in the safe digging process was missed or went wrong. Please
ensure a line locate has been requested and dig areas are properly identified for all your em-ployees
on site, safe digging practices must always be followed near underground lines.
Using the free Sask 1st Call service and following the SCGA’s safe excavation practices are vi-tal
to prevent unnecessary damage, costs, injury or even death due to unsafe digging practices.
On behalf of SaskEnergy, TransGas, the SCGA and Sask 1st Call, I’d like to remind all of you to
dig safe this year and thank you for taking the time to make safety a priority.
Doug Kelln is the president and CEO of SaskEnergy/TransGas.
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• Specialty Aggregates
• Hydro Seeding & Mechanical Seeding
• Topsoil Supply & Grading
• Site Work
• Aggregate Crushing and
Hauling
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P.O. Box 1427, 327 Mill Street
Regina, SK S4P 3C2
Office: (306) 775-0080
Fax: (306) 775-2267
operations@blsasphalt.com
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